Ezekiel 18:9

Christian Standard Bible ®

He follows my statutes and keeps my ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.

King James Version
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God .

English Standard Version
walks in my statutes, and keeps my rules by acting faithfully—he is righteous; he shall surely live, declares the Lord God .

New American Standard Bible
if he walks in My statutes and keeps My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will certainly live," declares the Lord GOD.

New Century Version
He lives by my rules and obeys my laws faithfully. Whoever does these things is good and will surely live, says the Lord God .

Amplified Bible
if he walks in My statutes and [keeps] My ordinances so as to act with integrity; [then] he is [truly] righteous and shall certainly live," says the Lord GOD.

World English Bible
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my iudgements to deale truely, he is iust, he shall surely liue, sayth the Lord God.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully—he is righteous and will surely live," declares the Lord GOD.

Legacy Standard Bible
if he walks in My statutes and My judgments and is careful to do the truth—he is righteous and will surely live," declares Lord Yahweh.

Berean Standard Bible
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances; he is righteous; surely he will live,' declares the Lord GOD.

Contemporary English Version
and faithfully obeys my laws and teachings. This man is good, and I promise he will live.

Complete Jewish Bible
In short, he lives according to my laws and observes my rulings, so as to act faithfully. Such a person is righteous, and he will certainly live," says Adonai Elohim .

Darby Translation
hath walked in my statutes, and kept mine ordinances, to deal faithfully: he is righteous, he shall certainly live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Easy-to-Read Version
He obeys my laws and studies my rules so that he can learn to be fair and dependable. He is good, so he will live." This is what the Lord God said.

George Lamsa Translation
Has walked in my commandments, and has kept my judgments, and has done justice; he who does so is a righteous man and shall surely live, says the LORD God.

Good News Translation
Such a man obeys my commands and carefully keeps my laws. He is righteous, and he will live," says the Sovereign Lord .

Lexham English Bible
and in my statutes he goes about and my regulations he keeps, performing faithfully —then he is righteous, and certainly he will live," declares the Lord Yahweh.

Literal Translation
He has walked in My statutes and has kept My judgments to deal truly; he is righteous. Living he shall live, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he walbeth in my commaundementes, & kepeth my lawes, & perfourmeth the faithfully:) This is a rightuous ma, he shal surely lyue, saieth the LORDE God.

American Standard Version
hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
And has been guided by my rules and has kept my laws and done them: he is upright, life will certainly be his, says the Lord.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
hath walked in My statutes, and hath kept Mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

King James Version (1611)
Hath walked in my Statutes, and hath kept my Iudgements to deale truely; hee is iust, hee shall surely liue, saith the Lord God.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And hath walked in my statutes, and kept my iudgementes to deale truely: this is a righteous man, he shall surely liue, saith the Lorde God.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and has walked in my commandments and kept mine ordinances, to do them; he is righteous, he shall surely live, saith the Lord.

English Revised Version
hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and goith in my comaundementis, and kepith my domes, that he do treuthe; this is a iust man, he schal lyue in lijf, seith the Lord God.

Update Bible Version
has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to act in accordance with them; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.

Webster's Bible Translation
Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he [is] just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

New English Translation
and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord .

New King James Version
If he has walked in My statutes And kept My judgments faithfully-- He is just; He shall surely live!" Says the Lord GOD.

New Living Translation
and faithfully obeys my decrees and regulations. Anyone who does these things is just and will surely live, says the Sovereign Lord .

New Life Bible
He walks in My Laws and is careful to obey them. This man is right and good, and will live for sure," says the Lord God.

New Revised Standard
follows my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances, acting faithfully—such a one is righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord God .

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In my statutes, hath walked. And my regulations, hath observed to do them in truth, Righteous, he is, He shall surely live, Declareth My Lord. Yahweh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Hath walked in my commandments, and kept my judgments, to do truth: he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord God.

Revised Standard Version
walks in my statutes, and is careful to observe my ordinances--he is righteous, he shall surely live, says the Lord GOD.

Young's Literal Translation
In My statutes he doth walk, And My judgments he hath kept -- to deal truly, Righteous [is] he, he surely liveth, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

¹The word of the Lord came to me: ²“What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: ³As I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“you will no longer use this proverb in Israel. ⁴Look, every life belongs to me. The life of the father is like the life of the son—both belong to me. The person who sins is the one who will die. ⁵“Suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: ⁶He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her menstrual impurity. ⁷He doesn’t oppress anyone but returns his collateral to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. ⁸He doesn’t lend at interest or for profit but keeps his hand from injustice and carries out true justice between men. ⁹He follows my statutes and keeps my ordinances, acting faithfully. Such a person is righteous; he will certainly live.” This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

walked: Ezekiel 18:17, Ezekiel 20:13, Ezekiel 33:15, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 37:24, Deuteronomy 4:1, Deuteronomy 5:1, Deuteronomy 6:1, Deuteronomy 6:2, Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:13, Deuteronomy 11:1, Nehemiah 9:13, Nehemiah 9:14, Psalms 19:7-11, Psalms 105:44, Psalms 105:45, Psalms 119:1-6, Luke 1:6, John 14:21, Acts 24:16, James 1:22-25

is just: Psalms 24:4-6, Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, James 2:18-26, 1 John 2:29, 1 John 3:7

he shall: Ezekiel 20:11, Amos 5:4, Amos 5:14, Amos 5:24, Luke 10:27-29

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 16:20 - live Psalms 89:30 - walk Proverbs 12:28 - General Isaiah 3:10 - Say ye Ezekiel 18:21 - and keep

Cross-References

Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

Genesis 24:67
And Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah and took Rebekah to be his wife. Isaac loved her, and he was comforted after his mother’s death.

Genesis 31:33
So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, Leah’s tent, and the tents of the two concubines, but he found nothing. When he left Leah’s tent, he went into Rachel’s tent.

Titus 2:5
to be self-controlled, pure, workers at home, kind, and in submission to their husbands, so that God’s word will not be slandered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Hath walked in my statutes,.... Respecting the worship of God and true religion; being observant of all laws and ordinances relating thereunto:

and hath kept my judgments to deal truly; in things moral and civil among men; regarding all such laws of God as oblige to such things:

he [is] just; such a man is a just man, at least externally; and if he does all these things from a right principle, without trusting to them for justification before God, and acceptance with him, but looking to the righteousness of Christ for these things, he is truly, and in the sight of God, a just man:

he shall surely live, saith the Lord God; spiritually and comfortably here, and an eternal life hereafter; or rather he shall not be distressed with famine, sword, or plague, or go into captivity; but shall live in his own land, and eat the good things of it; and this shall be his case, let his father have been what he will, ever so great a sinner.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Live ... die - In the writings of Ezekiel there is a development of the meaning of “life” and “death.” In the holy land the sanctions of divine government were in great degree temporal; so that the promise of “life” for “obedience,” the threatening of “death” for “disobedience,” in the Books of Moses, were regarded simply as temporal and national. In their exile this could not continue in its full extent, and the universality of the misfortune necessarily made men look deeper into the words of God. The word “soul” denotes a “person” viewed as an “individual,” possessing the “life” which God breathed into man when he became a “living soul” Genesis 2:7; i. e., it distinguishes “personality” from “nationality,” and this introduces that fresh and higher idea of “life” and “death,” which is not so much “life” and “death” in a future state, as “life” and “death” as equivalent to communion with or separation from God - that idea of life and death which was explained by our Lord in the Gospel of John John 8:0, and by Paul in Romans 8:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 18:9. Hath walked in my statutes — Not only acknowledging them to be right, but acting according to them. Especially in every thing that relates to my worship, changing nothing, neglecting nothing.

And hath kept my judgments, to deal truly — Has attended to my Divine direction, both with respect to things forbidden, and things commanded. These concern men in their religious conduct.

He is just — צדיק הוא tsaddik hu. He is a righteous man; he has given to all their due; he has abstained from every appearance of evil, and done that which was lawful and right in the sight of God.

He shall surely live — He has lived to me, and he shall live with me.